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May. 9th, 2016 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwildeI hate when writers don't stop to think of the ethical problems they create in their works of fiction. For example, under a close look, the Jedi raise child soldiers to follow orders without question, ignore their emotions, and train them to avoid forming any personal attachments. They also fail to do anything about slavery and willfully kill sentients. But hey, those droids have funny reactions to death so it's okay right?
The latest example of this is the Bartimaeus series. I do enjoy the story and the world, but I can think of one person, perhaps soon two, in the entire series who thinks enslaving sentient spirits who have free will is wrong. And this slavery and abuse isn't even pointed out as wrong, just accepted as how things are. Cause all spirits are wicked so it's okay right?
/grump
ETA: Also, enjoying the latest Sarah Beauhall book, though i wish the author would learn to write longer sentences. The short sentences make for choppy pacing.
The latest example of this is the Bartimaeus series. I do enjoy the story and the world, but I can think of one person, perhaps soon two, in the entire series who thinks enslaving sentient spirits who have free will is wrong. And this slavery and abuse isn't even pointed out as wrong, just accepted as how things are. Cause all spirits are wicked so it's okay right?
/grump
ETA: Also, enjoying the latest Sarah Beauhall book, though i wish the author would learn to write longer sentences. The short sentences make for choppy pacing.
